The philosophical epitaph of W.C. Esquire, for a memento mori on his tomb-stone ... Also, A brief of the golden calf (the worlds idol) ...

by: Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688; Helvetius, Johann Friedrich, d. 1709. Vitulus aureus, quem mundus adorat & orat. English; Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670. Novum lumen chimicum. English

Publication date: 1675

Topics: Alchemy, Alchemy, Chemistry

Publisher: London : Printed by T.R. and N.T. for William Cooper ...

Collection: gettyalchemy; getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

In contrast to the 1673 ed., the present ed. includes a 2nd and 3rd pt. to the Catalogue of chymical books, together with an errata list for the 1st pt. (p. [14], last sequence of pagination) and a general t.p. for all 3 pts. The imprint on this general t.p. reads: Collected by Will. Cooper, Bookseller ... London, Printed in the year 1675. See BM

Added engraved t.p. with 10 roundels containing symbols. Plates are chiefly textual, with a few symbolic images included

In Library's copy a 2nd impression of the plate before I7 serves as frontispiece

Each work has special t.p. and separate paging

A brief of the golden calf... and The golden ass well managed ... both translated from the Latin and shortened by W.C. (William Cooper)

Hogart, R. Alchemy

Wing

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Notes

No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text is impossible to capture. Irregular pagination. Misprinted and missing page numbers.

Addeddate: 2010-09-22 18:48:04

Associated-names: Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688; Helvetius, Johann Friedrich, d. 1709. Vitulus aureus, quem mundus adorat & orat. English; Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670. Novum lumen chimicum. English